Switzerland could generate more energy out of used wood
Mar 13, 2017, 3:27 pm By ENN
Switzerland is not fully exploiting a significant source of clean energy: 173,000 tonnes of used…Plants Might Have Saved Earth From Permanent Ice Age
Mar 13, 2017, 3:11 pm By ENN
In the last 800,000 years, Earth has chilled and thawed its way through eight ice ages, each…Salad bars in public schools: How to get kids to use them
Mar 13, 2017, 3:05 pm By ENN
Thanks to a national initiative, salad bars are showing up in public schools across the country. Now…New research urges a rethink on global energy subsidies
Mar 13, 2017, 2:42 pm By ENNThe hidden toll that subsidies for electricity, fossil fuels, and transport have on social welfare,…Stanford scientists map seawater threat to California Central Coast aquifers
Mar 13, 2017, 2:15 pm By ENN
Researchers from Stanford and the University of Calgary have transformed pulses of electrical…"Preventable" asthma attacks in Houston cost millions
Mar 13, 2017, 1:58 pm By ENN
“Preventable” asthma attacks among schoolchildren cost millions in health care dollars over 10…Dartmouth Study Finds Increased Water Availability from Climate Change May Release More Nutrients into Soil in the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica
Mar 13, 2017, 12:34 pm By ENN
As climate change continues to impact the Antarctic, glacier melt and permafrost thaw are likely to…Vicious circle of drought and forest loss in the Amazon
Mar 13, 2017, 10:42 am By ENN
Logging that happens today and potential future rainfall reductions in the Amazon could push the…Agencies team up to accelerate Earth system prediction
Mar 13, 2017, 9:53 am By ENN
Accurately predicting the weather - at short and long time scales - is among the most complex and…Mayo Clinic discovers high-intensity aerobic training can reverse aging processes in adults
Mar 10, 2017, 2:51 pm By ENN
Everyone knows that exercise is good for you, but what type of training helps most, especially when…NASA Sees Wind Shear Affecting Tropical Cyclone 11S
Mar 10, 2017, 2:33 pm By ENN
Tropical Cyclone 11S appeared elongated in NASA satellite imagery as a result of the storm being…Volcano Breath: Measuring Sulfur Dioxide from Space
Mar 10, 2017, 1:58 pm By ENN
There is no mint that can take the edge off sulfurous emissions from volcanoes, but researchers can…Fukushima catastrophe unfolds ... key facts and figures for an unhappy sixth anniversary
Mar 10, 2017, 1:53 pm By ENN
The 2011 Fukushima catastrophe is an ongoing disaster whose end only gets more remote as time…Measurements by school pupils paved way for key research findings
Mar 10, 2017, 1:47 pm By ENN
With their measurements and samples, nearly 3,500 schoolchildren have assisted a research study on…Carbon-based Approaches for Saving Rainforests Should Include Biodiversity Studies
Mar 10, 2017, 1:43 pm By ENN
Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth forests…Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases
Mar 10, 2017, 1:34 pm By ENN
Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on…NASA's Aerial Survey of Polar Ice Expands Its Arctic Reach
Mar 10, 2017, 12:57 pm By ENN
For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of polar…Rapid Blood Pressure Drops In Middle Age Linked to Dementia in Old Age
Mar 10, 2017, 12:51 pm By ENN
Temporary episodes of dizziness or light-headedness when standing could reduce blood flow to the…Collaborative research adds to greater understanding of amnesia
Mar 10, 2017, 8:37 am By ENN
Defined as the loss of memory due to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression or illness, amnesia…Research shows ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the Arctic
Mar 10, 2017, 8:27 am By ENN
Ocean acidification is spreading rapidly in the western Arctic Ocean in both area and depth,…
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